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The genus Solanum (Solanaceae) in southern Africa: subgenus Leptostemonum, section Giganteiformia
Bothalia | Vol 38, No 1 | a259 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/abc.v38i1.259
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Submitted: 12 August 2008 | Published: 14 August 2008
Submitted: 12 August 2008 | Published: 14 August 2008
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W. G. Welman, National Herbarium, South African National Biodiversity InstituteFull Text:
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In the genus Solanum L. (Solanaceae), subgenus Leptostemonum (Dunal) Bitter, section Giganteiformia (Bitter) Child has four representatives in the Flora of southern Africa region (South Africa, Namibia. Botswana. Swaziland. Lesotho), namely S. giganteum Jacq.. S. goetzei Dammer, S. tettense Klotzsch var. renschii (Vatke) A.E.Gonsalves and S. tettense Klotsch var.tettense. Descriptions, discussions, distribution maps and keys are presented, as well as an illustration of S. goetzei.
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chemistry: ethnobotany: <i>Giganteiformia</i> (Bitter) Child. <i>Leptostemonum</i> (Dunal) Bitter; morphology. Solanaceae. <i>Solanum</i> L.; southern Africa; taxonomy
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